Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II USM Telephoto Lens

The technical Details Behind This Lens

With updated stabilisation and impressive overall performance, this lens from Canon is one of the most versatile lenses in the medium-telephoto category. Well suited for a range of photographic applications - particularly portraiture, this lens has everything you need. So whether you are taking photos of people or animals, this lens delivers chromatically stable, accurately coloured imagery everytime.

With the addition of weather-sealing, you can use it in tough shooting conditions. This incredible lens is part of Canon’s L-series, a range of lenses known for their dust and moisture resistant attributes. The popular model is compact, sleek, yet power-packed with a whole range of features. The lens is specifically crafted for Canon EF-mount DSLRs; however, it is also compatible with APS-C models. With the latter, the lens offers an equivalent focal length range of 112-320mm.

Top Three Reasons We Think You Will Love The Lens

• The lens comes in-built with an optical image stabiliser, which cuts down the effect of camera shake by up to five shutter speed stops. Perfect for handheld shooting, the lens is also equipped to work exceptionally well in low lighting conditions as well as with slower shutter speeds.
• With one fluorite element and two ultra-low dispersion glass elements, the lens noticeably reduces colour fringing and chromatic aberrations. The resultant images, as well as videos, are high in clarity and feature even-toned colours.
• To additionally enhance the quality of images, each element of the lens is coated with the Super Spectra coating. This feature minimises ghosting and lens flare, thus delivering greater contrast and colour neutrality. The coating on elements is particularly beneficial when you are shooting in strong lighting conditions.

Sharp and True Imaging

With a focal length of 70mm to 200mm, the lens offers a maximum aperture range of f/4 to f/32. The lens design of the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II USM Telephoto Lens features twenty elements, fifteen groups. Along with the special aspherical elements, the lens also has the nine-blade rounded diaphragm, which enhances image quality with soft yet impactful bokeh.

The lens offers a minimum focus distance of 1m and a maximum magnification of up to 0,27x. With these features, you can easily use the lens for macro photography and get those stunning close-up shots.

Fast Autofocus

The 70-200mm has a ring-type (USM) Ultrasonic Motor, along with an internal focusing system. Both these features ensure quick, accurate and near-silent focusing. You also have the manual focus override option, which you can use as per your shooting requirements.

Adding to the excellent focusing system, you have three dedicated image stabilisation modes – Standard, During Exposure Only and Panning. One can selectively implement these based on the mode and type of shooting.

Our Expert’s Opinion

Right from the exceptional build quality, the impressive AF performance, excellent image stabilisation as well as the perfect image quality, this lens is fantastic in all respects. Despite all these features, the lens is extremely light in weight, making it well-suited for portrait photography. With everything the lens has to offer, it is a great pick amongst its medium-telephoto counterparts.